At Day-zero, I had an urgent need to ascertain that MF is via the lens ring [could be only decorative], and not some weird method like my old Canon G7. You would think Fuji would say that...but no, not until much later. No journalist at Photokina thought to say that either, except a Spanish magazine.
As to the Fujiguys, I took what they had to say with a big grain of salt...self-contradiction is bad in reporting.
If you look at the functions they say assignable to <Fn>, some are read-only [DoF], some require user selection [ISO, image size...].
I classify some camera functions as mission-critical [best assigned to VF, thus Fn+jog], and others as set-up [assignable to LCD+4-way dial].
The debate is not whether I like certain functions, but rather exploring the scanty product info we do have [salt and all]. I have no desire to prove anyone right or wrong.
In that regard, Fuji had compounded the problem of an info-gap. A simple feature listing would do wonders...even notated as "to be finalized" is better than nothing.
I have been doing that since Day-zero...just so to satisfy my own curiosity.
